batteries, and 14 regiments of cavalry. The losses of the two armies fromJune ‘25th to July 2d were: ☆
Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total.
Confederate Army. 2,823 13,703 3,223 19,749
Army of the Potomac. 1,734 8,062 6,053 15,849
The Confederate losses in killed and wounded alone were greater than thetotal losses of the Army of the Potomac in killed, wounded, and missing.
No praise can be too great for the officers and men who passed throughthese seven days of battle, enduring fatigue without a murmur, successfullymeeting and repelling every attack made upon them, always in the rightplace at the right time, and emerging from the fiery ordeal a compact army ofveterans, equal to any task that brave and disciplined men can be called uponto undertake. They needed now only a few days of well-earned repose, arenewal of ammunition and supplies, and reenforcements .to fill the gaps madein their ranks by so many desperate encounters, to be prepared to advanceagain, with entire confidence, to meet their worthy antagonists in other bat-tles. It was, however, decided by the authorities at Washington, against myearnest remonstrances, to abandon the position on the James, and the cam-paign. The Army of the Potomac was accordingly -withdrawn, and it wasnot until two years later that it again found itself under its last commanderat substantially the same point on the bank of the James. It was as evidentin 1862 as in 1865 that there was the true defense of Washington, and that itwas on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union was to be decided.
•fe Tables (to follow) of the “Opposing Forces” The Confederate forces consisted of 173 regimentsof the “ Seven Days,” made from the fullest re- and 12 battalions of infantry; 71 batteries; andvised data of the War Records office, will show 12 regiments of cavalry. General McClellan cor-that the Army of the Potomac consisted of 150 rectly estimates the Union loss, but the Confed-regiments of infantry; 2 regiments and 1 battalion erate loss, according to the revised returns, was:of engineers; 1 regiment of heavy or siege artil- killed, 3286; wounded, 15,909; missing, 940.lery; 58 batteries; and 10 regiments of cavalry. Total, 20,135.— Editors.
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CONFEDERATE BATTERY AT MATHIAS POINT, OR BUDD’S FERRY, ON THE POTOMAC [SEE ARTICLE, P. 143,AND MAP, P. 164], FROM A SKETCH MADE IN FEBRUARY, 1802.